Palisades
Palisades is an unincorporated community in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Palisades is located along the north bank of the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Byrneville”, “Palisades, IL”, and “Palisades, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery and Red Gate Woods.
St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery, also known as St. James at Sag Bridge Church is a historic church and cemetery in the Sag Bridge area of the village of Lemont, Illinois.
Red Gate Woods
Picnic site
Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois.
Argonne National Laboratory
Research institute
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Argonne National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and operated by the University of Chicago through the subordinate UChicago Argonne LLC. Argonne National Laboratory is situated 2½ miles west of Palisades.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burr Ridge and Darien.
Burr Ridge
Village
Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 2½ miles north of Palisades.
Darien
Town
Photo: Hsully03, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darien is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 22,011. A southwestern suburb of Chicago, Darien was named after the town of Darien, Connecticut. Darien is situated 3 miles northwest of Palisades.
Willow Springs
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 3½ miles east of Palisades.
Palisades
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.71801° or 41° 43′ 5″ northLongitude
-87.934° or 87° 56′ 2″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Open location code
86HJP398+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 13565325556OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Palisades” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帕利塞茲 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “帕利塞茲”
- French: “Palisades”
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Localities in the Area
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